Indigenizing the Blue Economy

The project will pursue research that evaluates the potential benefits/ consequences of implementing eco-certification programs in Indigenous fisheries as an approach to improve the benefits Indigenous fish harvesters can obtain from their Treaty rights and/or commercial fisheries. In New Zealand, Maori scholars at theTe Kotahi and Ngai Tahu Research Centre are currently working with Maori fishers to understand how increased economic value from fisheries might be directed to Maori communities via certification and marketing. This internship will support this work, and also identify how initiatives underway in New Zealand can support Mi’kmaq and other First Nation’s development in Canada. The outcome of this partnership will assist the intern in developing a final research paper, as a requirement of the interns current masters degree at the home institution.

Faculty Supervisor:

Megan Bailey

Student:

Partner:

University of Waikato, New Zealand

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Indigenous Affairs; Aquaculture and Fishing

University:

Dalhousie University

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